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Artem Chigvintsev referred to as 911 and accused his spouse, Nikki Garcia, of throwing sneakers at him earlier than he was finally arrested for home violence and charged with felony corporal harm to a partner or cohabitant.
Following the 42-year-old Dancing With the Stars professional’s arrest on Thursday, radio dispatch has been launched, confirming he was the one who referred to as for assist, citing a supposed “medical emergency” and suggesting it was Nikki, 40, who was the aggressor.
Within the footage, obtained by TMZ on August 30, a dispatcher was heard saying that the decision “initially got here in as requesting medical” earlier than saying Artem was “stating he bought into an argument along with his spouse and his spouse threw sneakers at rp [reporting party].”
The dispatcher continued, “There’s a baby on scene. Medical en route … [And] there’s an energetic 415 [disturbing the peace] within the background accountable.”
Though Artem requested medical help upon calling 911, he later modified his thoughts.
“RP is stating no medical is required now,” the dispatcher said.
Artem went on to inform the dispatcher that his spouse had their baby and that the 2 of them have been bodily separated at that time. Nonetheless, police arrived on the house an hour later, noticed accidents on the alleged sufferer, and Artem was arrested.
Whereas Nikki has not but spoken out about her husband’s arrest, she did launch an announcement, by way of her rep, requesting privateness for her household.
In the meantime, one other TMZ report mirrored on Nikki’s 2021 look on Kaitlyn Bristowe‘s podcast, Off the Vine, the place she admitted to in search of {couples} counseling with Artem in 2021 to deal with communication points, particularly how Artem spoke to her. As she defined on the time, Artem had bother controlling his tone together with her when he was stressed.
After Kaitlyn, 39, stated she typically puzzled if Artem appreciated her throughout their time collectively on DWTS season 29 because of how he spoke to her, Nikki revealed she virtually give up season 25 over his conduct.
She then said that she hoped to deal with the problem after the addition of their son, Matteo, now 4.
Following his arrest, Artem, who was stated to be upset about his DWTS contract not being renewed for season 33, was launched on $25,000 bail.
